Backlash!

by Aya Walksfar

Success can be deadly....especially if you're female. Sergeant Nita Slowater resents Governor Marleton ordering the Special Crimes Team to chase down her missing attorney friend Ellen Delaney--that is until a maniac uses a Facebook site and posts a photo of Delaney chained to a floor. As if that isn't bad enough, a serial rapist begins stalking, kidnapping and raping successful women. No place in Seattle is safe--not their homes; not public spaces. While the rapist terrorizes Seattle, Delaney’s kidnapper posts new photos of the battered attorney on Facebook. Meanwhile, the raped women are dumped in places where they are certain to be discovered. Other than the use of social media to brag about the crimes, there appears to be no connection between Delaney and the other women. Is it coincidence that both perps are using social media? Or is there a commonality between the women; an undiscovered link? When dreams about Delaney begin haunting Nita, she knows Ellen Delaney’s time is running out.

475 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2015

About the author

Born in a rougher section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (and there were several of those areas when I was growing up. I hear they’ve cleaned Pittsburgh up very nicely, now. Haven’t been back in many years.) I soon learned how to make myself invisible. If you tend to be on the smaller side, this is a very good talent. As a result, I got to observe people in their myriad of attitudes and emotions.

They fascinated me.

In self-defense against loneliness, I learned to read very early, and to write. My first story was written in pencil on those tablets for little kids with huge spaces between lines. It was a story about a lost dog. Do you ever forget your first?

Ever since that day, I have been creating alternate realities.
Fortunately, my life has been anything except traditional, and therefore, I have never run out of stories to tell.

I lived on the road for several years, was homeless a few times, have worked non-traditional jobs (and a very few traditional jobs), and have walked many dark roads and city streets.

Currently, I live on a 12 acre wildlife/wild bird/indigenous plant habitat that my wife of 25 years and I have created. During a single year, we host over 68 different species of birds, and many different animals.

When I am not either reading or writing, I love to hike, take photographs, work with my dogs, tend the land, horseback ride, travel, learn new things, and recently, I acquired a motorcycle, so I am having a great deal of fun learning to ride.

Whenever I have the opportunity, I also search for the perfect chocolate. There are many good chocolates in the world, but I am convinced that there is a “perfect one”. Have to eat a lot of chocolates while I am researching!